email to VCT
Wednesday, March 3, 1999
Glenn
It's getting to be like clock work. Every other weekend an
illegal alien commits some kind of outrage and the SWAT team has
to apprehend him. Below is a story that appeared in yesterday's
Morning New of NW Arkansas. This sexual predator has a record
as long as your leg and he is an illegal alien.
Read the INS guy's statement that they will deport this felon
to the country of his choice. Sounds like we are running a travel
agency for illegals.
I'm attempting to get the state legislature to pass an Alquist
type law in Arkansas. I'm also trying to get our US Congressman
to address his consitituents at a townhall meeting on Immigration
Reform.
Dan Morris
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"Although Cruzalegui-Bourgos is apparently a native of
Peru, Reyes said he would not necessarily have been returned
to that country if he is an illegal alien. 'They have a choice
of going back to their own country or another country of choice'
Reyes said. 'Often, they will choose to go to Mexico and that
country frequently accepts deportees from other countries.'
"Reyes said federal immigration law allows an individual
with felony convictions for violent crimes to be deported in
a matter of two or three weeks."
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Official:
Man arrested after standoff should be held without bond
Thomas Sissom, The Morning News 3/3/99
A federal immigration official said Monday that he wants the
man arrested Friday, after holding Rogers police at bay for nearly
14 hours, held without bond until his residency status is determined.
A bond of $150,000 was set for Jose Luis Cruzalegui-Bourgos at
a hearing Saturday. Police said Cruzalegui-Bourgos told the judge
he was in this country illegally.
Rod Reyes, special agent in charge of the Fort Smith office
of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, said Monday that
Cruzalegui-Bourgos should be held without bond until his immigration
status is determined. "I don't think that's enough,"
Reyes said of the $150,000 bond. "I have seen cases where
cities recommended no bond. If he's here illegally, he shouldn't
be walking the streets." Reyes said an INS agent will question
Cruzalegui-Bourgos today to determine his immigration status.
He said the INS will ask for a higher bond or no bond at all if
it is learned Cruzalegui-Bourgos is in this country illegally.
Reyes said he couldn't comment on Cruzalegui-Bourgos' status and
his criminal history until after the interview.
Cruzalegui-Bourgos was arrested early Friday after holding
Rogers police at bay about 14 hours at a residence at 314 E. Mimosa
Place. Police were sent to the residence after receiving a complaint
that Cruzalegui-Bourgos had beaten a woman and held her against
her will. Cruzalegui-Bourgos later was found to be wanted for
failure to comply with the reporting requirements of the state's
Sex and Child Offender Registration Act.
Cruzalegui-Bourgos told the first officers who arrived that
he was armed and would shoot himself rather than be arrested.
The Rogers Police Department's STAR (Special Tactics And Response)
team and several detectives and uniformed officers - more than
20 officers in all - surrounded the house and cordoned off the
neighborhood while negotiators tried to persuade Cruzalegui-Bourgos
to surrender.
Police finally used tear gas to flush Cruzalegui-Bourgos from
the house after midnight. A fully loaded SKS assault rifle was
found just inside the front door. Cruzalegui-Bourgos is being
held on several felony and misdemeanor charges, including being
a felon in possession of a firearm, a Class B felony; false imprisonment
in the first-degree, a Class C felony; violation of the Sex and
Child Offender Registration Act of 1997, failure to comply with
reporting requirements, a Class D felony; and third-degree domestic
battering, a Class A misdemeanor. According to affidavits prepared
by police, Cruzalegui-Bourgos reportedly was arrested for petty
larceny in Hialeah, Fla., with the disposition of the charge unknown.
He was arrested by police in Concord Calif., five times from May
3, 1993, to July 16, 1995.
The first California arrest on the affidavit was for petty
theft - of which he was convicted. On Jan. 22, 1994, he was arrested
for battery on a person, with the disposition of that case unknown.
According to the affidavits, Cruzalegui-Bourgos was arrested for
rape by force and oral copulation by force on July 13, 1994, but
those charges were dismissed. He pleaded guilty to felony sexual
battery on Jan. 5, 1995. On July 16, 1995, Cruzalegui-Bourgos
was arrested again in Concord for inflicting corporal injury on
a spouse or cohabitant. The disposition of that case was unknown.
Cruzalegui-Bourgos was arrested by Rogers police on June 16, 1996,
on a charge of forgery, but that case was dismissed. Police said
he was in the process of complying with the sex-offender registration
act when he changed addresses without notifying police. During
that time, police said they had questions about Cruzalegui-Bourgos'
residency status and contacted the INS but Cruzalegui-Bourgos
disappeared before any information was obtained.
Although Cruzalegui-Bourgos is apparently a native of Peru,
Reyes said he would not necessarily have been returned to that
country if he is an illegal alien. "They have a choice of
going back to their own country or another country of choice,"
Reyes said. "Often, they will choose to go to Mexico and
that country frequently accepts deportees from other countries."
Reyes said federal immigration law allows an individual with felony
convictions for violent crimes to be deported in a matter of two
or three weeks. He said that, in a case involving such crimes,
he would prefer to have a hold placed on the person, meaning that
he will be turned over to the INS after his case runs its course
in the legal system. "If he's here illegally, he can't be
walking the streets," Reyes said. "I'd like for justice
to take its course and he be prosecuted, and we'll take care of
it then."